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Author : Peter Fellows
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251040416
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Guidelines for Small-scale Fruit and Vegetable Processors written by Peter Fellows and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Fellows
Publisher : Daya Books
ISBN 13 : 9788170355014
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Guidelines for Small Scale Fruit and Vegetables Processing written by Peter Fellows and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Bulletin Is Intended To Assist Planners And Field Workers Who Are Involved In The Promotion Of Small-Scale Fruit And Vegetable Processing In Developing Countries. Entrepreneurs Can Also Find The Information Contained In The Publication Helpful For Practical Implementation Of The Different Aspects That Are Needed To Ensure A Successful Business. This Bulletin Also Includes Methods Of Business Planning, Market Research, Securing Agreement With Suppliers And Retailers And Financial Management. Contents Chapter 1: General Introduction; Part I: Processing For Home Consumption, Introduction, Food Security, Nutrition And Health, Improvements To Home Processing And Storage, Drying, Concentration By Boiling, Fermentation, Pickling, Storage, Home Processing To Earn Family Income; Part 2: Processing For Sale, Introduction, Selecting Products And Production Methods, Fried Product, Additional Processing Notes, Bottled And Canned Products, Additional Processing Notes, Dried Fruits And Vegetables, Additional Processing Notes: Blanching, Sulphuring And Sulphiting, Syrup Pre-Treatment, Types Of Dryers, Packaging, Chutneys, Pickles And Salted Vegetables, Chutneys, Additional Processing Notes, Pickles, Salted Vegetables, Additional Processing Notes, Pectin And Papain, Pectin, Papain, Sauces, Additional Processing Notes, Juices, Additional Processing Notes, Acidity, Pulping, Pasteurization, Filling, Squashes, Cordials And Syrups, Squashes And Cordials, Syrups, Preserves, James, Jellies And Marmalades, Pastes And Purees, Fruit Cheeses, Additional Processing Notes, Batch Preparation, Boiling, Filling, Wines, Vinegars And Spirits, Additional Processing Notes, Conducting A Feasibility Study, Introduction, Market Analysis, Product Quality Survey, Survey Of Market Size And Value, Market Share And Competition, Technical Feasibility, Production Planning, Weights Of Raw Materials And Ingredients Required, Equipment Required, Packaging, Staffing Levels, Financial Feasibility, Start-Up Costs, Operating Costs, Income And Profit, Financial Planning, Preparing A Business Plan, Legal Aspects, Registration Of The Enterprise, Food-Related Laws, Food Composition, Food Labelling, Hygiene And Sanitation, Weights And Measures, Establishing Production Facilities, Introduction, The Site, Design And Construction Of The Building, Roof And Ceilings, Walls, Windows And Doors, Floors, Lighting And Power, Water Supply And Sanitation, Layout Of Equipment And Facilities, Equipment, Dried Products, Boiled, Concentrated And Pasteurised Products, Fermented And Distilled Products, Packaging, Filling And Sealing Equipment, Packaging Materials, Contracts With Suppliers And Retailers, Securing Raw Materials, Agreements With Retailers And Other Sellers, Managing Production Planning, Scheduling Inputs, Maintenance, Staff Management, Health And Safety, Managing Quality Assurance, Safety Of Products, Product Quality, Raw Materials And Ingredients, Processing, Packaging, Storage And Distribution, Hygiene And Sanitation, Marketing, Identification Of Markets, Market Segments, Distribution And Promotion, Developing A Marketing Strategy, Packaging And Brand Image, Record Keeping, Financial And Sales Records, Production Records.
Author : Peter Fellows
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Guidelines for Small-scale Fruit and Vegetable Processors written by Peter Fellows and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dr. H. Panda
Publisher : NIIR PROJECT CONSULTANCY SERVICES
ISBN 13 : 9381039224
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (81 download)
Download or read book The Complete Book on Fruits, Vegetables and Food Processing written by Dr. H. Panda and published by NIIR PROJECT CONSULTANCY SERVICES. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food processing is the transformation of raw ingredients into food, or of food into other forms. Food processing typically takes clean, harvested crops or butchered animal products and uses these to produce attractive, marketable and often long shelf-life food products. Benefits of food processing include toxin removal, preservation, easing marketing and distribution tasks, and increasing food consistency. In addition, it increases yearly availability of many foods, enables transportation of delicate perishable foods across long distances and makes many kinds of foods safe to eat by de-activating spoilage and pathogenic micro-organisms. Processed foods are usually less susceptible to early spoilage than fresh foods and are better suited for long distance transportation from the source to the consumer. The extremely varied modern diet is only truly possible on a wide scale because of food processing. Food Dehydration is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of microorganisms. The dehydration process has to check various parameters like heat-mass transfer, atmospheric pressure, equipments suitable for drying etc. to ensure suitable dehydration of food. Food processing techniques have to take measures on to maintain food safety and control risks and hazards associated with food processing. The book includes dehydration process of Onion, roasting of coffee beans, development process of Guava squash, preparation of fried potato chips, processing of rice, butter and margaraine, canning of chilies Plums, processing and preservation of jack fruit, characteristics of sweetened dahi, cereal grains, instant chutneys from pudina and gongura, starch isolated from potato tubers, coating of cashew kernel baby bits, ripening changes in mango fruits, mechanical and thermal properties of maize, storage of basmati rice under carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere, effect of different varieties of soya bean on quality of paneer, analysis of menthol content in pan masala samples, preparation of dehydrated potato cubes, quality evaluation of raw dried mango slices khatai and mango powder amchur, packaging and storage of biscuits containing finger millet flour, storage effect on microbial safety of potato flour, processing and quality evaluation of ready-to-eat watermelon nectars etc. The book is highly recommended to new entrepreneurs, existing units who wants to get more information of processing of fruits and vegetables. 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Author : Axtell, B
Publisher : CTA
ISBN 13 : 9290813768
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Setting up and running a small fruit or vegetable processing enterprise written by Axtell, B and published by CTA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are interested in starting up a business, food processing offers an excellent opportunity to generate income using locally available resources. Focusing on the establishment of such a business using fruits and vegetables, this detailed and informative manual covers topics such as: products and processes (bottling, drying and picking), potential markets, equipment, facilities and quality assurance. Issues involved in the mangagement of your business – health and safety, staffing issues, finances and business strategy – are also addressed in an easy-to-follow, practical way.
Author : Fellows Peter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (772 download)
Download or read book Guidelines for Smallscale Fruit and Vegetable Processing FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin 127 written by Fellows Peter and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251342385
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Fruit and vegetables written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will convince the reader to care about fruit and vegetables and to see that the small-scale production of these crops is fundamental to achieving sustainable development goals. In five chapters, the reader will learn about the challenges and rewards for producers, sellers, and consumers. Chapter 1: a working definition for fruit and vegetables, making the case for supporting small-scale farmers and value chains. Chapter 2: options for farm management to ensure that production is sustainable including genetic resources, seed systems, management of water, soil, nutrients, and control of pests and diseases. Chapter 3: options to integrate small-scale commercial fruit and vegetable farmers into socially inclusive value chains, including innovative post-harvest handling services, market linkages, and reducing food loss and waste. Chapter 4: options for practitioners and policymakers at different governmental, institutional and social levels to promote the sustainable production and consumption of safe, nutritious, and affordable fruit and vegetables. Chapter 5: key interventions and innovations to facilitate the sustainable production of fruit and vegetables in low- and middle-income countries across the world. This publication takes readers on a journey introducing them to a diverse array of fruit and vegetables through colorfully illustrated studies from around the world. It justifies the importance of these crops and it encourages readers to take an active role both in promoting fruit and vegetable production and in encouraging more people to eat them.
Author : Richard Pierce Bates
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251046616
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (466 download)
Download or read book Principles and Practices of Small- and Medium-scale Fruit Juice Processing written by Richard Pierce Bates and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While large-scale juice processing is the subject of many textbooks, this publication aims at the gap in information regarding juice processing at the small-and medium-scale agro-industry level. It presents technical and economic information designed to address issues affecting medium-size juice processors in developing countries.
Author : Olga Martin-Belloso
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420071238
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Advances in Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables Processing written by Olga Martin-Belloso and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a worldwide increase in demand for fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, in many countries these products are prepared in uncontrolled conditions and have the potential to pose substantial risk for consumers. Correspondingly, researchers have ramped up efforts to provide adequate technologies and practices to assure product safety while keeping n
Author : Y. H. Hui
Publisher : Wiley-Interscience
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1016 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book United States Regulations for Processed Fruits and Vegetables written by Y. H. Hui and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1988-10-03 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The standard reference to U.S. regulations affecting the fruit and vegetable processing industry. Describes major government regulations on the safety, quality, economic equity, fair competition, and proper transportation for processed fruits and vegetables. Also discusses worker safety and environmental regulations affecting fruit and vegetable processing establishments. Provides examples of educational programs and materials prepared by food trade associations to assist food companies to comply with federal regulations. Contains numerous lists and tables for food standards, grades, government publications, pesticide chemicals, tariff schedules, food defects, and others.
Author : Andrés F. López Camelo
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251049914
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (499 download)
Download or read book Manual for the Preparation and Sale of Fruits and Vegetables written by Andrés F. López Camelo and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fruit and vegetable production sector of Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Eastern Europe is facing a new situation where, on the one hand, supermarket chains account for an increasing percentage of the domestic food retail market and, on the other hand, producers must compete in an increasingly demanding global market for non traditional and off-season fruits and vegetables. Small farmers are increasingly being marginalized and will be facing unequal market conditions unless they are able to change their practices to meet the needs of a modern food marketing system. Regardless of the production system, the technological challenge is to increase returns through the rational use of available resources, reducing production costs and post-harvest losses, enhancing competitiveness and adding value to the final product.
Author : Stephanie Clark
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118846281
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Food Processing written by Stephanie Clark and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOOD PROCESSING Food Processing: Principles and Applications, Second Edition is the fully revised new edition of this best-selling food technology title. Advances in food processing continue to take place as food scientists and food engineers adapt to the challenges imposed by emerging pathogens, environmental concerns, shelf life, quality and safety, as well as the dietary needs and demands of humans. In addition to covering food processing principles that have long been essential to food quality and safety, this edition of Food Processing: Principles and Applications, unlike the former edition, covers microbial/enzyme inactivation kinetics, alternative food processing technologies as well as environmental and sustainability issues currently facing the food processing industry. The book is divided into two sections, the first focusing on principles of food processing and handling, and the second on processing technologies and applications. As a hands-on guide to the essential processing principles and their applications, covering the theoretical and applied aspects of food processing in one accessible volume, this book is a valuable tool for food industry professionals across all manufacturing sectors, and serves as a relevant primary or supplemental text for students of food science.
Author : Y. H. Hui
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482212293
Total Pages : 990 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Vegetable Preservation and Processing written by Y. H. Hui and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of a bestseller, Handbook of Vegetable Preservation and Processing compiles the latest developments and advances in the science and technology of processing and preservation of vegetables and vegetable products. It includes coverage of topics not found in similar books, such as nutritive and bioactive compounds of vegetables; veg
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Publisher : Engineers India Research In
ISBN 13 : 8186732810
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Profitable Small Scale Manufacture of Cosmetics (Synthetic & Herbal) written by and published by Engineers India Research In. This book was released on 2007 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Covers Drugs And Cosmetics Acts And Rules, Most Commonly Used Cosmetics Raw Materials, Hair Structure And Its Chemistry, Hair Shampoos, Hair Tonics And Conditioners, Hair Wave Sets, Lacquers And Rinses, Hair Grooming Preparations, Permanent Hair Waving Preparations And Hair Straighteners, Hair Bleachers And Hair Colourants, Depilatories, Shaving Soaps & Creams, Skin Creams & Lotions, Suntan & Anti Sunburn Preparations, Skin Bleach Creams, Astringents & Skin Tonics, Antiperspirants & Deodorants, Face Powders & Other Coloured Make-Up Preparations, Body Powders (Talcum Powders), Face Packs And Masks, Nail Lacquers And Removers, Toothpastes, Tooth Powders, Mouthwashes, Hair Oils & Hair Lotions, Preservation Of Cosmetics, Plant & Equipment For Herbal Cosmetics Manufacture, Packaging Of Herbal Cosmetics, Miscellaneous Formulae, Indigenous Materials & Technologies For Herbal Cosmetics, Present Manufacturers, Suppliers Of Plant & Equipments, Cosmetics Consultants, Raw Materials & Chemicals Manufacturers/Suppliers, Manufacturers/Raw Materials Suppliers Of Herbs/Plants And Their Extracts Etc.
Author : J. B. Stokes
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251027394
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (273 download)
Download or read book Agricultural Engineering in Development written by J. B. Stokes and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Owusu-Apenten
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030654338
Total Pages : 613 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Elementary Food Science written by Richard Owusu-Apenten and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the success of the popular introductory text,Elementary Food Science(5th edition) coversabroad range of food science topics organized infour parts; Part (1)Interrelated food science topics, Part (2)Food safety & sanitation, Part (3)Food preservation and processing and Part (4)Handling & processing of foods. The opening two chapters discuss what food science actually is, the significanceforsociety, and the large contribution of the food industry to jobs and revenue in the USA and globally. Succeeding chapterscover food regulatory agencies, food labels, food quality and sensory evaluation, and consumer food literacy. Part (2)hastwo new chapters explaininghow microbes affect food quality,and alsofoodborne disease outbreaks; GMP is described independently and as a prerequisite for HACCP, VACCP andTACCPfood-safety management systems. Part (3) containstwo new chapters dealing with basic aspects of food processing, and the quality of dried foods. Part (4) covershandling and processing major food commodity groups (meat, dairy products, poultry and eggs, fish and shellfish, cereal grains, bakery products, fruits and vegetables, sugar confectionary). A new final chapter coversthe foodservice industry. The text highlights food science links with industry uniquelyusing the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Overall, the book is thoroughly modernized with over 1500 references cited in recognition of thousands of named food scientists and other professionals. The target readership remain unchanged for the current edition, i.e. Students of food science fromsenior high school, colleges or universities. Sections of the book will also appeal toadvanced readers from other disciplines with perhaps little or noprior food science experience. Additionally, readers covering the intersection of food science with culinary arts, foodservices, and nutritionor public health will find the book useful.
Author : Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251048610
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Handling and Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables by Combined Methods for Rural Areas written by Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains information on post-harvest handling and marketing operations and storage of fresh and processed products. Highlights technology which, when combined, has a positive and synergistic effect in preventing biochemical and physicochemical reactions and microbial growth - the main causes of quality losses in fruits and vegetables. Suggested methodologies combine technologies such as mild heat treatment, water activity reduction, lowering of the pH and use of anti-microbial substances to realize the potential of minimally processed, high-moisture fruit products. These relatively new technologies have been successfully applied to several important tropical and non-tropical fruits in different countries of Latin America.
